Denton County Public Health confirmed the county’s first human West Nile case of 2026; the patient has a non‑neuroinvasive infection and officials urge precautions. Mosquito traps across North Texas have recently tested positive.

UMC says June brought more than double the pavement‑burn hospitalizations as prolonged triple‑digit heat scorched Las Vegas. Experts warn hot sidewalks can burn skin in seconds.

A precautionary boil‑water advisory is in effect for Maple Plain after a pressure loss may have let contaminants into the system. Crews are restoring flow and tests are pending.